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Tartu welcomes its new biogas buses and route network
On July 1, the new public transport route network along with a fleet of new environmentally friendly biogas buses was launched in Tartu. The new route network reduced the number of bus lines down to 13 and added two night buses. The route network will be serviced by 64 brand new gas buses that have A/C, low floors for better access and new validators. These allow passengers to purchase tickets with their contactless bank cards as well.
Retrofitted apartments in Lighthouse City Vitoria-Gasteiz are ready for monitoring
The deployment of necessary ICT Infrastructure is taking up pace. In connection with the building retrofitting process in Coronacion, the Vitoria-Gasteiz demo area, the deployment of the necessary ICT infrastructure for the monitoring of energy consumption and comfort conditions of the households is speeding up.
Info day for local companies about retrofitting works Phase III in demo-district Coronación
Just as done in the previous phases, VISESA has organised another info day in order to prepare the forthcoming tender for the renovation of the next 11 buildings in demo-district Coronación corresponding to Phase III.
Second phase of retrofitting works starting in Lighthouse City Vitoria-Gasteiz
After the completion of the retrofitting works of the second building in January, the cityscape of Vitoria-Gasteiz’ demo district again is marked by scaffolds, initiating the second phase of retrofitting works.
SmartEnCity at European Sustainable Week in Donostia, San Sebastián (Spain )
Past June 18th, Alberto Ortiz de Elgea, coordinator of the workpackage “Vitoria-Gasteiz Lighthouse Deployment” of SmartEnCity Project, participated in an event organised by Kursaal Green in Donostia – San Sebastián (Spain).
Tartu’s Energy Plan 2030+ is taking shape
The first draft of the Tartu Energy 2030+ Plan (Tartu SECAP) is ready. On June 12, Tartu Regional Energy Agency and Tartu City presented the first strategy draft of the new Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan of Tartu named Tartu Energy 2030+.
Annual summer information event for SmartEnCity pilot area in Tartu
On May 29, Lighthouse City Tartu was having its annual summer event. Again, this event was packed with useful information for the residents of the SmartEnCity pilot area. The meeting was focusing on the rights and claims of apartment owners and the obligations coming along with the maintenance of the new smart houses. Additionally, the new electric bikes and the bike sharing system of Tartu were introduced and the newly appointed Tartu smart city ambassadors acknowledged.
Launch of the Tartu bike sharing system was exceeding all expectations
On June 8, Tartu launched the first public bike sharing system in the Baltic countries. The new sharing system consists of 750 bikes – 510 electric and 240 regular bikes – and 69 rental points all across town.
Tartu: Innovative tool for residents to compare cost savings
Living in a smart home has many advantages. But next to a high quality and comfortable environment, the cost savings are the core benefit. Due to new insulation and energy efficient systems, the heating and electricity consumption is expected to drop dramatically.
New Network Bulletin released
This edition of the Network Bulletin provides an overview of the main topics discussed at the SmartEnCity Network Workshop Day held on the 5th June 2019 in Cagliari, Italy.